Anglerfish Gallery

Deep sea Anglerfish {Himantolophus sp} female with lure projecting from head to attract prey

Deep sea Anglerfish {Himantolophus sp} female with lure projecting from head to attract prey, Atlantic ocean. Anglerfish have small poorly developed eyes but detect movement and prey through a well defined lateral line system visible as a line of silvery

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Anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius, and spotted

Anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius, and spotted handfish, Brachionichthys hirsutus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

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Commersona€™s frogfish (Antennarius commerson)

Commerson's frogfish (Antennarius commerson) on a reef, taking on a pink hue to blend with the coral. Its jaws allow it to eat prey as big as itself. Komodo National Park, Lesser Sunda Islands, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

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